Manicuring aid



United tates 3,056,9d8 Patented Oct. 9, 1962 3,056,968 MANICURING AID Evelyn D. Fitzpatrick, 718 American Bank Bldg., Portland, Oreg. Filed May 23, 1960, Ser. N0. 30,884 Claims. (Cl. 2-46) The present invention comprises a manicurists aid, the device consisting of absorbent toweling material formed into an article providing a sanitary hand rest for the patron and a clothing protector for the manicurist. In manicuring it is not only desirable, but in most localities necessary, to provide a sanitary support and towels for the hands of each patron. This means that each client of the manicurist must be provided with a fresh towel upon which the hand is rested, and in addition the manicurist must use fresh towels when working upon each client. In order to protect her clothing the manicurist usually places a towel across her lap. Accordingly, for each operation a manicurist uses several clean towels. At the present cost of laundry services the expense involved is quite high. The present invention is designed to prov-idea disposable item which performs all of the foregoing functions, and which can 'be'manufactured and sold a muchless thantthe cost of laundry services.

The present invention consists of a sheet formed of a plurality of soft, absorbent paper plies, the edges of which are so secured together that the plies will resist defoliation under normal handling, but may be readily separated when desired by the operator. The sheet is folded upon itself at one end to provide a disposable cover for a pad hand rest, and the other end is of sufiicient length to protect the clothing of the operator. Edge portions of the part which is folded. upon itself are secured to gether to provide a pocket having an opening into which a pad may be inserted. The pad not only provides a comfortable support for the hand of the client, but also anchors the device onto the manicurists table so that it will not drop to the floor if the manicurist should move.

The device of the present invention has many advantages over cloth towels principally used in beauty shops. Among these advantages are economy, the device being available at a fraction of the cost of laundry charges for cloth towels. Another advantage is convenience, the device furnishing a sanitary cover for the hand rest as well as clean, disposable towels conveniently located for the use of the operator, and in addition providing a cover for the operators uniform. Another advantage is the increased sanitation effected by having disposable tissue replace cloth towels, so that the temptation to reuse a towel is eliminated, also the device is anchored against slipping to the floor during use.

The foregoing objects and advantages will be more readily apparent from inspection of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout.

In the drawings,

FIG. 1 is a view, in perspective, of one form of the invention in use;

FIG. 2 is a view, in perspective, of the device, with parts broken away;

FIG. 3 is a partial, vertical section taken substantially along line 33 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a plan view, with parts broken away, showing a modification of the present invention; and

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal section through the device of FIG. 4.

The manicurists aid illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 comprises a sheet of absorbent paper, the sheet being formed of a plurality of superimposed plies 11 of equal extent. Each ply 11 may be formed of absorbent paper material commonly referred to as tissue, facial tissue or the like, or may be made of stronger, heavier material such as is commonly used as towels. In the specification and claims hereof I refer to the plies as being formed of absorbent paper, the term being inclusive of thin tissue material as well as thicker toweling material.

The longitudinal edges of the plies are separably secured together in any convenient manner, such as by means of the plurality of crimps 12 indicated in the drawings. Other convenient securing means may be utilized, such as a thin line of adhesive, or spots of adhesive spaced along the edges. The plies are secured together to the extent that the device will remain in sheet form without defoliation of the plies in normal handling, such as encountered in packaging a plurality of the devices for shipment, placing a plurality of the devices on shelves in the manicurists shop, and disposing a single sheet in position of use as indicated in FIG. 1. However, portions of the edges of the plies, particularly the end edge 13, are not so secured together, so that separate plies may be readily grasped and separated from the remainder of the device.

An end section of the sheet, indicated at 15, is folded back along a transverse fold 16, and edge portions of the end section are partially secured to the remainder as by means of a transverse line of adhesive 17 closely adjacent the end edge 18. There is thereby provided a pocket 19 having an opening at either end, as indicated at 20, or both ends, into which may be inserted a hand rest pad 21. The pad 21 may comprise a piece of foam or sponge rubber, or any other convenient material capable of providing a comfortable support for the hand.

Closely adjacent the pocket, the sheet is provided with a transverse line of perforations, indicated at 25, extending from edge to edge of the sheet. The line of perforations separates the pad-holding, table-covering, or pocket part of the device from the remainder of the sheet, the remainder thus providing ,a lap-covering part 26. The sheet is of suflicient width and length to provide a protective cover for the clothing of the operator, as indicated in FIG. 1. Also, the end edges of the several plies may be readily grasped by the operator so that separate plies may be torn from the device, each ply being available to provide a disposable towel While still leaving several plies, or at least a single ply, to protect the clothing of the operator. The length of the sheet is such as to provide a lap-covering part of sufficient size, but is not so long that the end 13 would touch the floor if the operator moved away from the table.

In the modification disclosed in FIGS. 4 and 5, the device 30 is substantially similar, comprising a pad-covering, table-covering or pocket part 31 separated from a lap-covering part 32 by a transverse line of perforations indicated at 33. The device is formed of a plurality of separate plies 34, the longitudinal edges of which are separably secured together by crimps, as indicated at 36. In this instance the pad-covering part 31 is formed by doubling an end section back upon itself along a transverse fold 37, and the lateral edges thereof are secured to the remainder by adhesive, as indicated at 38. There is thereby provided a pocket 40 into which a pad 41 may 'be inserted through a transverse opening, indicated at 42. The end edge 43 of the lap-covering part is not crimped, so that the separate plies may be grasped and torn from the remainder along the perforations 33.

Having illustrated and described two forms of the present invention, it should be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that the same permits of other modifications in arrangement and detail. I claim as my invention all such modifications as come within the true spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A manicuring aid comprising an' elongated rectangular sheet of absorbent paper, the sheet being of sufiicient length to provide a table-covering part for placement upon a manicurists table and a lap-covering part to protect the clothing of a manicurist seated at the table, an end section of the table-covering part being doubled back against the remainder of the table-covering part along a transverse fold and partially secured to said remainder to provide a pocket having an opening thereinto, and a pad retained in said pocket to anchor the sheet on the table and provide a comfortable support for the hand of a customer being served by the manicurist.

2. A manicuring aid comprising an elongated rectangular sheet of absorbent paper, the sheet being of sufficient length to provide a table-covering part for placement upon a manicurists table and a lap-covering part to protect the clothing of a manicurist seated at the table, and end section of the table-covering part being doubled back against the remainder of the table-covering part along a transverse fold and partially secured to said remainder to provide a pocket having an opening thereinto, and a pad retained in said pocket to anchor the sheet on the table and provide a comfortable support for the hand of a customer being served by the manicurist, at least the lap-covering part comprising a plurality of separable plies.

3. A manicuring aid comprising an elongated, rectangular multi-ply sheet formed of a plurality of separable plies of absorbent paper, the sheet being of suflicient length to provide a table-covering part for placement upon a manicurists table and a lap-covering part to protect the clothing of a manicurist seated at the table, an end section of the table-covering part being doubled back against the remainder of the table-covering part along a transverse fold and partially secured to said remainder to provide a pocket having an opening thereinto, and a pad retained in said pocket to anchor the sheet on the table and provide a comfortable support for the hand of a customer being served by the manicurist.

4. A manicuring aid comprising an elongated, rectangular multi-ply sheet formed of a plurality of separable plies of absorbent paper, the sheet being of sufficient length to provide a table-covering part for placement upon a manicurists table and a lap-covering part to protect the clothing of a manicurist seated at the table, an end section of the table-covering part being doubled back against the remainder of the table-covering part along a transverse fold and partially secured to said remainder to provide a pocket having an opening thereinto, and a pad retained in said pocket to anchor the sheet on the table and provide a comfortable support for the hand of a customer being served by the manicurist, there being a continuous line of perforations through the sheet extending transversely from edge to edge thereof adjacent said pocket whereby individual plies of the lap-covering part may be readily torn off and used as separate, discardable towels.

5. A manicuring aid comprising an elongated, rectangular multi-ply sheet formed of a plurality of separable plies of absorbent paper, the sheet being of sufficient length to provide a table-covering part for placement upon a manicurists table and a lap-covering part to protect the clothing of a manicurist seated at the table, an end section of the table-covering part being doubled back against the remainder of the table-covering part along a transverse fold and partially secured to said remainder to provide a pocket having an opening thereinto, and a pad retained in said pocket to anchor the sheet on the table and provide a comfortable support for the hand of a customer being served by the manicurist, peripheral portions of each ply of the sheet being secured to adjacent plies of the sheet to the extent that the sheet may be handled as a unit without causing separation of the plies from each other during normal handling of the sheet.

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